Improvement in bedstead-tester



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FRANCIS LAYAUX, or MoNRonYgLoUIsIANA.

Letters P ate'at No. 106,842, dated August 30, 1870.

The Schedine referred to in these Letters Patent and making part Cf the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, FRANCIS LAYAUX, of Monroe, in the parish of Ouachita and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and improved Tester or Attachment for Bedsteads for Supporting Mosquito-Nets; and I do hereby declare the ollow'ingto beafull, clear,

vand exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part ol' this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation, and

Figure 2 is a plan view of the under side. of the tester, showing the guide-rods and sliding bar.

This invention has for its object the 'foldingof a mosquito-netinto a small compass for the purpose of keeping it out of the way when the hed over which it is hung is not in use, and the expansion ofthe net pto its full size when the bed is to he occupied.

The invention consists in a tester to which two rods are attached beneath, one at each-side, on which .rods are placed sliding rings t-o which the upper edges'of the net are fastened, there being also a cross-bar that slides on the two side rods, on whichbar are also -placed some of the net rings, the whole arrangement being such that when the cross-bar is moved on the side rods to one end of the tester, the net is folded together, and when the cross-bar is moved to the oppov--site end of the tester, the net is expanded.

` the net will he folded together.

The cheapness, simplicity, and eiectiveness of this arrangement are evident.A

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl The combination of the tester B, side lrods a., and sliding bar c, substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

FRANCIS LAYAUX.

XVitnesses:

JOHN RAY, lt. W. RICHARDsoN. 

